concessive in English
adjective
1
characterized by, or tending to concession.
we must look for a more concessive approach
2
(of a preposition or conjunction) introducing a phrase or clause denoting a circumstance that might be expected to preclude the action of the main clause, but does not (e.g., in spite of , although ).
The final episode started with an explanation for the mystery, but if you thought this was designed to be a closing episode, guess again. and the same thing is also often found with prenominal concessive modifiers.
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1. Choiceness definition in English dictionary, Choiceness meaning, synonyms, see also 'choice',choppiness',chemokinesis',concessive'
2. This book presents a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of Adversative and concessive conjunctions in native and non-native students’ writing under the theoretical framework of systemic functional linguistics and offers a more detailed discussion of two individual conjunctions